The place between my legs was sewn up to prevent it.
Also dass hier im Forum jetzt auch auch schon nach der Taktik der MGM-Befürworter verfahren wird, die FGM auf die Infibulation zu reduzieren, um damit dann irgendwas generell zu beweisen finde ich schon enttäuschend.
Zitat von GerhardIt is unlike male circumcision in which the male organ remains intact.
LOL, ja, man muss alles bis zum bitteren Ende lesen!
Ist ja fast wie bei Waris Dierie...
In contemporary society, women are still seen as being
inferior and a departure from the male norm. A woman’s
sexuality is seen as perilous with the potential to devastate
the lives of great men.
"In contemporary society", geht es denn noch? 
Offenbar ist es genau umgekehrt, Jungen werden als "minder schützenswert" angesehen.
Using this form of science, the United
States justified the use of sterilization of mental health
patients from the early twentieth century until the mid
1970’s.
Und auch hier wird schön verschwiegen, dass in den USA Jungen in Heimen (und zwar auch solche, die nur irgendwie aufsässig waren) bis in die 60er hinein kastriert wurden - Mädchen aber nicht.
Aber das passt ja auch nicht in das Woman-is-the-nigger-of-the-world-Bild, dass in dem Traktat krampfhaft vermittelt werden soll.
I was not part of the society; I could not see her until she was dignified by her sisters and daughters who had gone through initiation.
I was forced to quiet my judgment, take a step back to bear witness, listen to stories and respect the power of sisterhood, secrecy, support and most importantly LOVE that held these women together. It was in this space they were most powerful beyond any of our imagination.
Bondo, I came to understand, manifests itself differently and uniquely across cultures that practice it. It differs based on context, religious acceptance, cultural understanding and geographical spaces. What remains clear though is its multiplicity and complexity. In Sierra Leone, Bondo is a society for the women by the women. It is much less about the cutting and much more about larger social notions of womanhood and strength. It is space where women exercise power, exchange deep traditional knowledge of child bearing, and institute community support. Most importantly it is a private affair that reinforces cultural and traditional lineages. Like any cultural institution anywhere in the world, bondo is deeply entrenched in the psyche of most women in Sierra Leone and any real tangible shift from that practice must emerge from the nucleus of that society -- its women. This type of perspective is often lost in the media.
I maintain that Bondo belongs to the women, who too often are misunderstood or underestimated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fatou-wurie/in…_b_3625301.html
es 2014!
